312 emergency ships christened "Ugly Ducklings," renamed by Maritime Commission; problems overcome in planning Liberty fleet; ships are single screw cargo vessels, each powered with one 3-cyl, direct acting, surface condensing triple expansion marine engine of 2500 ihp at 76 rpm; steam applied by two water tube boilers at 220 lb per sq in. gage pressure and 450 F total temperature at superheat outlet; discussion of specifications and equipment of ships.


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    Titel :

    "Liberty ships"


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Mar Progress


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1941


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Building liberty ships

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1942


    Conversion of liberty ships

    Wans, O. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1944


    Re-engining liberty ships

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1947


    Nine re-engined liberty ships

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1952


    Stewart, Liberty Ships in Peacetime

    Bartlett, J.V. | Online Contents | 1994